Louvre

Chronology of Coverage

Dec. 15, 2014

Jean-Luc Martinez, president of Louvre museum, is heading a two-year, nearly $67 million renovation in effort to make museum more accessible to its visitors; will revamp large reception area below glass pyramid so it is less chaotic and replace all signs and wall text making them easier to read and understand. MORE

Aug. 31, 2014

French museum show The Disasters of War, 1800-1914, at Louvre-Lens branch of Paris museum, highlights how depictions of war have changed throughout centuries. MORE

Jul. 14, 2013

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column describes exhibition depicting history of undergarments in the Louvre complex at the Museum of Decorative arts in Paris; holds that while it has been commonly thought that the point of lingerie has always been to incite the lust of men, exhibit shows that women have also used underwear to assert their power and status. MORE

May. 12, 2013

Louvre-Lens, gleaming glass museum in former mining town of Lens, France, is born out of appeal by French government for major Parisian cultural institutions to decentralize; museum had drawn more than 400,000 visitors since opening in December. MORE

Apr. 10, 2013

Guards say that the pickpockets threaten them and attack tourists. MORE

Apr. 4, 2013

Jean-Luc Martinez, archaeologist and art historian who is head of Louvre’s department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, is named the museum’s new director. MORE

Among the movies vying for the coveted Golden Lion at the festival opening on Sept. 2 are “Remember,” a thriller by the Canadian director Atom Egoyan and “A Bigger Splash” by the Italian director Luca Guadagnino.